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Betty Lind Dies, Well Known Leader
Contributed by Linda Buten
Betty Ann Lind, one of the original board members of the organization of the International Foundation for Gender Education and a longtime community activist died on March 4, 1998 after a long illness.
Ms. Lind served on the IFGE board through the late 1980s and early 1990's. She served as a
member of the Programs and Nominations Committees. She was also a long time board
member o the Outreach Institute, Executive Secretary of Delta
>Chapter, Alexandria, Coordinator of Fantasia Fair for three years and Editor of
"Our Sorority" magazine along with many other fantasy publications.
She has been in ailing health for many years, but she still remained somewhat active
in the gender world until very recently.
Gay Marriage Gets Boost in Alaska
Contributed by Sara Lord
A judge has ruled against Alaska's ban on same-sex
marriages. The ruling does not legalize same-sex unions in Alaska, but forces
the state to prove a compelling reason why such unions should be illegal.
Last year, Jay Brause and Gene Dugan of Anchorage challenged a 1996 law
banning same-sex marriage, trying to force the state to recognize their
relationship of nearly 20 years. The gay couple argued the law violates the
Alaska Constitution. Superior Court Judge Peter Michalski threw out the
state's bid to dismiss the case and ruled that choosing a partner is a
fundamental right.
--via Associated Press
Ears of Gay Women Show Differences
Contributed by Jayne Nicole
The inner ear of lesbian women works more like that of men,
according to researchers who say the finding is the first evidence of
physiological differences between gay and straight women.
Researchers at the
University of Texas, Austin, said their studies show the inner ears of female
homosexuals has undergone "masculinization," probably from hormone exposure
before birth. "Their auditory centers have been masculinized, and the
presumption is that so have the sites in the brain that direct sexual
preference," said Dennis McFadden, lead author of the study. He said it has
yet to be probed, however, that there is a specific site in the brain that
directs women to be lesbians.
via-The Wall Street Journal
Jagger Gorgeous in Dresses
Contributed by Elizabeth Parker
Rocker Mick Jagger may be a virile romeo with a model wife -- but the
director of his latest movie says he is a natural in a dress. The Rolling
Stones frontman, married to Texan Jerry Hall, dons drag in his new film
Bent. In the film, about oppression of homosexuals in pre-war Nazi
Germany, Jagger plays an androgenous character called Greta. And director
Sean Matthias said at the London premier last night: "He must have been
practising at home, borrowing a few of Jerry's dresses."
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